Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00183)

According to Jerry Hejka-Ekins:
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> Because Judge was never proved to have forged Mahatma letters, nor was
> that really the charge made against him.

Yes, the charge against him was pretty bizarre, actually, in
the final form in which Besant presented it. That was that the
messages from the Masters were genuine, but that Judge
transcribed them in a handwriting designed to mislead her as to
how they were received.

Besant played a game of "let's you and him fight"-- first
siding with Judge against Olcott and then vice-versa. Much
later in life she was still vacillating regarding messages from
the Masters; alternating between accepting Krishnamurti and
accepting the accusations of his enemies Wedgwood and Arundale.

Besant is a good example of someone with an *outer locus of
control*-- always allowing herself to be used by others and not
having a strong center. But despite this, and the harm to the
Theosophical movement that resulted, she did a fair amount of
good in the world and had some admirable qualities.